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1. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
5. A medium to dark brownish yellow color.
10. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
13. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
14. A member of a Tanoan people living in the southwestern United States.
15. An awkward stupid person.
16. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
17. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
19. The capital and largest city of Kenya.
22. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
24. A bachelor's degree in religion.
25. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
26. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
28. A mountainous region in central Italy.
31. The ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle.
33. 40th President of the United States (1911- ).
36. Not disposed of by purchase.
39. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
40. Worthless people.
41. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
43. (informal) Of the highest quality.
44. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
46. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
48. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
50. An open box attached to a long pole handle.
51. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
55. The face or front of a building.
57. A light touch or stroke.
59. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
60. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
61. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
64. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
65. Pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America.
66. Baby bed with high sides.
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1. Dignified manner or conduct.
2. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
3. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
4. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
5. Jordan's port.
6. Submersible vessel for one or two persons.
7. Botfly larva.
8. A member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana.
9. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
10. A deep prolonged loud noise.
11. United States writer noted for his stories about life during the California gold rush (1836-1902).
12. Viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans.
18. A belt-shaped region in the heavens on either side to the ecliptic.
20. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
21. Beside one another in a row or rank.
23. Before noon.
27. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
29. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
30. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
32. A public promotion of some product or service.
34. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
35. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
37. Slightly sour to the taste.
38. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
42. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
45. A cry or shout of approval.
47. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
49. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
52. The habitation of wild animals.
53. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
54. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
56. 10 grams.
58. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
62. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
63. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
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